Re: [Air-l] Web 2.0 - "the machine is us?"

There's generally two approaches to this discussion, the technology/ functionality and the social. O'Reilly does a pretty good job breaking down what is new with Web 2.0 from the functional/technical perspective. Can Web 2.0 be accomplished with 1.0 technology? Probably. What I think makes the 'idea' of Web 2.0 different from 1.0 is the social element (or user content). The technology matters too but mostly for its ability to remove technical barriers to the social.

So, is slashdot (originating in 1997) web 1.0 or 2.0? I think that the way folks answer that question tells a lot about where they're coming from.... --elijah